The Bureau of Education Information and Accountability Services is requesting completion of
the attached Annual Exceptional Education Personnel Data Report, 2003-2004 (ESE 277) by
district administrators of exceptional student education. Detailed instructions for completing
ESE 277 are also attached to assist district staff in reporting these data.
Data collected from this survey will be used as part of a comprehensive report to the United
States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for school year
2003-2004. This report is required in order to receive Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) funds and to assure that Florida is meeting the full educational opportunity goal for
students with disabilities. Additional data needed for federal reporting will be produced from
database records transmitted for Survey 9, December 2003, and Survey 5, August 2004.
additional information, please contact Cathy Cross at (850) 245-0400, or e-mail to
cathy.cross@fldoe.org.
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 852• TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0400 • www.fldoe.org
Please submit all forms (Tables 1, 2,
and 3) by January 30, 2004, to:
Bureau of Education Information
and Accountability Services
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Room 852
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
(850) 245-0400, SunCom 205-0400
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BUREAU OF EDUCATION INFORMATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY SERVICES
ANNUAL EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL DATA REPORT
(2003-2004)
The attached document includes forms and instructions for reporting data to meet the requirements of Section 618(b) of
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B.
In order to receive Fiscal Year 2005 federal funds, each state must submit an annual report for the school year. This report
requires information on personnel to assure that each state meets the full educational opportunity goal for children and youth
with disabilities.
Please complete the tables and return them to the Bureau of Education Information and Accountability
Services by January 30, 2004.
The personnel data should be completed on Tables 1, 2, and 3. All data should relate to personnel employed or contracted on
or about December 1, 2003. Specific instructions are given for each of the tables.
All personnel employed to serve students with disabilities ages 3 - 21, regardless of funding source (i.e., Part B of IDEA, state
or local) should be included. Do not include teachers and other personnel who are serving children from birth through age two.
The number of personnel should be reported in full-time equivalency of assignment (e.g., if two half-time personnel are
employed, they would equal one full-time employee). The numerical values should be expressed to one decimal place. For
example, one full-time employee would be recorded as 1.0 and one half-time employee would be recorded as 0.5.
NOTE:
If data cells contain no numerical value, please leave blank. Where teachers work with more than one age
group, apportion the time of those individuals across each age group.
INSTRUCTIONS
SPECIFIC COLUMN INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: All data should be based on personnel employed or contracted and any vacant positions as of December 1, 2003.
Column 1
Report the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel employed or contracted to provide special education and
related services on or about December 1, 2003, who had appropriate state certification or licensure for the position held. Each
teacher should be reported under the exceptional student education program which reflects the exceptionality(ies) of all
students they serve. Teachers of students with differing exceptionalities within a class or teachers who serve more than one
exceptionality during the school week should be identified under
Varying Exceptionalities
. Use this column to report staff in
personnel categories that do not require certification or licensure, if the staff meet existing state standards or requirements for
the position held. Also, use this column if NO state requirements exist for a particular position.
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INSTRUCTIONS
SPECIFIC COLUMN INSTRUCTIONS (CONTINUED)
Column 2
Report the total number of FTE personnel employed or contracted to provide special education and related services on or about
December 1, 2003, who were employed on an emergency, provisional, or other basis, if they did not hold standard state
certification or licensure for the position to which they were assigned, or if they did not meet other existing state requirements
for the position. This includes long-term substitutes. Each teacher should be reported under the exceptional student education
program which reflects the exceptionality(ies) of all students they serve. Teachers of students with differing exceptionalities
within a class or teachers who serve more than one exceptionality during the school week should be identified under
Varying
Exceptionalities
.
(This column is not applicable for Table 3.)
Column 3
Report the number of unfilled vacancies in funded positions that existed on December 1, 2003.
Do not count personnel
included as employed/not fully certified.
Do not count vacancies for which funds were not available.
(This would be
applicable for column 2 of Table 3.)
Column 4
Add the numbers in columns 1, 2, and 3 to obtain the total demand for special education and related services personnel
employed or contracted on December 1, 2003.
(This would be applicable for column 3 of Table 3, adding columns 1 and 2 for
total demand.)
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: All information should be reported in full time equivalency (FTE) of assignment.
TABLE 1 - SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS EMPLOYED TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION TO
CHILDREN AGES 3 - 5
Report the number of preschool teachers, itinerant/consulting teachers, and home/hospital teachers employed or contracted for
children with disabilities in this age group. This count should include teachers of children with disabilities in separate schools
and facilities. Do not include preschool teachers who work with children with disabilities in programs such as Title I, Head
Start, or any Readiness Program operated by a local coalition.
TABLE 2
-
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS EMPLOYED TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGES 6 - 21
Report teachers of separate classes, resource room teachers, itinerant/consulting teachers, and hospital/homebound teachers.
This count should also include teachers of children with disabilities in separate schools and facilities. Do not include regular
basic classroom teachers who work with children and youth with disabilities.
TABLE 3 - OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES PERSONNEL
Report the number of other special education/related services personnel, by type of personnel, employed or contracted to
provide special education and related services for children and youth with disabilities ages 3 - 21. Definitions of other
personnel are provided on DOE Page 3 of 6.
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DEFINITIONS
The following definitions of special program areas for exceptional students are provided to assist in the accurate reporting of
other personnel providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in Table 3.
1.
Work-Study Coordinators
: Plans and conducts special education work-study programs. Confers with school and
community personnel to impart information about program and to coordinate program functions with related activities.
2.
Psychologists
: administers psychological and educational tests, and other assessment procedures; interprets assessment
results; obtains, integrates, and interprets information about child behavior and conditions relating to learning;
consulting with other staff members in planning school programs to meet the special needs of children as indicated by
psychological tests, interviews, and behavioral evaluations; and plans and manages a program of psychological
services, including psychological counseling for children and parents.
3.
School Social Workers
: Prepares a social or developmental history on a child with a disability; counsels with child and
family; works in partnership with parents and others on those problems in a child’s living situation that affect the
child’s adjust in school; and mobilizes school and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as
possible in his or her educational programs.
4.
Interpreters
: Provides translation between spoken and manual (sign language) communication; translates spoken
material into sign language for hearing impaired students; and interprets sign language of hearing impaired students into
oral language for hearing individuals or others not conversant in sign language.
5.
Audiologists
: Identifies children with hearing loss; determines the range, nature, and degree of hearing loss, including
referral for medical or other professional attention for the habilitation of hearing; provides habilitative activities;
provides counseling and guidance of children, parents, and teachers regarding hearing loss; and determines the
children’s needs for group and individual amplification selecting and fitting an appropriate aid, and evaluating the
effectiveness of amplification.
6.
Teacher Aides
: Assists a teacher with routine activities associated with teaching students, including aides that are
specifically assigned to a student.
7.
Staffing Specialists
: Provides support to school and district staff in conducting eligibility and placement staffings;
participates in IEP meetings; monitors the implementation of reevaluations; and ensures compliance with IDEA
regulations.
8.
Recreation and Therapeutic Recreation Specialists
: Provides assessment of leisure function; therapeutic recreation
services; recreation programs in schools and community agencies; and leisure education.
9.
Other Diagnostic Personnel
: Includes psychometrists, technology evaluation specialists, and other diagnosticians.
10.
Counselors
: Provides guidance to individuals, families, groups, and communities by assisting them in problem solving,
decision making, discovering meaning, and articulating goals related to personal, educational, and career development.
11
. Supervisors/Administrators
: Special education professionals whose activities are concerned with directing and
managing the operation of a particular special education school or program, including professional management,
administrative, research, analytical, supervisory, and/or ancillary services.
12.
Other Professional Personnel
: Involved in the provision of specialized health services (nurses, psychiatrists, etc.),
specialized food service, specialized pupil transportation, and other occupational technicians, etc.
13.
Nonprofessional Personnel
: Includes bus aides, lunchroom aides, office staff, etc.
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District/Agency ___________________________________
District Number ___________________
TABLE 1
NUMBER AND TYPE OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED (IN FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCY)
TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES, AGES 3 - 5
December 1, 2003
TOTAL EMPLOYED/
CONTRACTED
(3)
PERSONNEL
NEEDED
(4)
TEACHERS OF:
(1)
IN-FIELD
(2)
OUT-OF-FIELD
(VACANT
POSITIONS)
TOTAL DEMAND
(1) + (2) + (3)
1. Educable Mentally Handicapped
2. Trainable Mentally Handicapped
3. Orthopedically Impaired
4. Physical Therapy
5. Occupational Therapy
6. Speech and Language Impaired
7. Hearing Impaired
8. Visually Impaired
9. Emotionally Handicapped
10. Specific Learning Disabilities
11. Hospital/Homebound
12. Profoundly Mentally Handicapped
13. Dual Sensory Impaired
14. Autistic
15. Severely Emotionally Disturbed
16. Varying Exceptionalities
17. Gifted
18. Traumatic Brain Injury
19. Developmentally Delayed
20. Other Health Impaired
21. Vocational Education*
22. Physical Education**
23. Total Personnel (Lines 1-22)
Name of person completing form: _________________________________________________________________________
Telephone/SunCom numbers: (________)________-________________________ / ________________________________
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District/Agency ___________________________________
District Number ___________________
TABLE 2
NUMBER AND TYPE OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED (IN FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCY)
TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
WITH DISABILITIES AGES 6 - 21
December 1, 2003
TOTAL EMPLOYED/
CONTRACTED
(3)
PERSONNEL
NEEDED
(4)
TEACHERS OF:
(1)
IN-FIELD
(2)
OUT-OF-FIELD
(VACANT
POSITIONS)
TOTAL DEMAND
(1) + (2) + (3)
1. Educable Mentally Handicapped
2. Trainable Mentally Handicapped
3. Orthopedically Impaired
4. Physical Therapy
5. Occupational Therapy
6. Speech and Language Impaired
7. Hearing Impaired
8. Visually Impaired
9. Emotionally Handicapped
10. Specific Learning Disabilities
11. Hospital/Homebound
12. Profoundly Mentally Handicapped
13. Dual Sensory Impaired
14. Autistic
15. Severely Emotionally Disturbed
16. Varying Exceptionalities
17. Gifted
18. Traumatic Brain Injury
19. Other Health Impaired
20. Vocational Education*
21. Physical Education**
22. Total Personnel (Lines 1-21)
* Programs directly related to preparing students for paid or unpaid employment or additional preparation for a career.
** Includes special physical education, adaptive physical education, movement education or motor development provided to children
with disabilities.
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District/Agency ___________________________________
District Number ___________________
TABLE 3
NUMBER AND TYPE OF OTHER PERSONNEL EMPLOYED (IN FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCY)
TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
WITH DISABILITIES AGES 3 - 21
December 1, 2003
OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
RELATED SERVICES PERSONNEL
(1)
TOTAL
EMPLOYED/
CONTRACTED
IN-FIELD
(2)
PERSONNEL
NEEDED
(VACANT
POSITIONS)
(3)
TOTAL
DEMAND
(1) + (2)
1. Work-Study Coordinators
2. Psychologists
3. School Social Workers
4. Interpreters
5. Audiologists
6. Teacher Aides
7. Staffing Specialists
8. Recreation and Therapeutic Recreation Specialists
9. Other Diagnostic Personnel
10. Counselors
11. Supervisors/Administrators
12. Other Professional Personnel
13. Nonprofessional Personnel
14. Total (Lines 1-13)
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